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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firebeetle" data-source="post: 3276890" data-attributes="member: 34506">Answers back from ChessexI wrote Chessex and got some answers on these cool but missing dice.Hello!  I assume that the dice you mention are some of the convention designs that we created for Gen Con.  We have some new machines here that allow us to make small print runs of dice with custom designs on them by engraving images onto the face of blank dice.  We used the machines to generate a handful of D&D centric random generator dice.  I have attached a few photos to this email of some of the designs we made.  The dice in the photos are not exactly like the dice you may have heard about, however.  The dice in the photos are engraved with the various images and then painted and polished to generate the dice you see in the photos. Currently, however, our pricing is based on the number of custom faces on a die which makes dice with more faces cost significantly more then dice with fewer faces.  Most of the cost with generating these dice comes from the painting and polishing process which is, at the moment, mostly done by hand.  The dice we had at Gen Con were similar in design to the dice in the photos but were done with a slightly different process which doesn't look as ice, but also doesn't need to be painted.  This makes the dice significantly less expensive, but not as nice looking.  The last photo attached to this email (vectored dice.jpg) is a group photo of some of the same dice, but made with this cheaper method.  Due to the nature of the artwork, this cheaper method of engraving can't replicated the trap d12.  The vectored dice are available to purchase but are not a part of our regular line of dice currently due to their custom nature.  If you wanted some, I would have to generate them to order for you.  Here is a breakdown of the designs and their cost:  Character Class d12 (regular sized)            $1.75 Character Class d12 (large sized)            $2.75 Monster d12 (only available in large size)    $2.75 Race d8 (only available in small size)        $1.75 Alignment d6 set (one of each)            $3.00 Clock d12 (regular sized)                $1.75 Clock d12 (large sized)                    $2.75  These prices are for the non-painted versions of the dice.  As they would be made to order, I can put the designs for the small sized dice on a variety of colors which I can supply to you if you would like.  The large d12 are only available in white for the moment.  The painted and polished versions of the dice are currently rather expensive but, shortly after April, we expect to have a better painting process which will allow us to generate these dice at a much lower cost which will make their prices closer to that of the non-painted dice.  Currently, the cost for the specialty painted dice is $1.00 per side on the die (a d12 is $12.00, for example).  I can only make the Trap d6 this way, currently.  As these dice are generated using our custom engraving process, I am capable of generating custom dice of this nature for you beyond the set designs that we have already worked up.  If you have an idea of a die you would like to see along these lines, feel free to let me know!  I hope that I answered all of your questions.  I look forward to hearing back from you!  Joseph Kogin Chessex Manufacturing LLC Hello again,  You can definitely post my reply.  I skimmed through the forum a bit and there are some interesting ideas on there.  In most cases, if I have a customer with a particular concept for a custom die, I request that they supply the artwork.  I use some pretty flexible software so most graphical formats work.  In general, the higher quality the image, the better conversion I can make for the engraving process.  I can always try to find clip art for you if you have a good idea of what it is that you are looking for.  I just skimmed the posting so I didn't see the Dungeoneering Dice, but I imagine that you are referencing the dice in the photo attached to this email, correct?  I can still make these dice and we sell them for $2.50 each or $8.00 for the set of four dice.  The Dungeoneering dice are also undergoing an update involving the painting and polishing process.  The art design isn't finished yet, but should be ready for production once the new painting process is finalized.  I expect that these new dice will be somewhere between $1.00 and $1.50 each once we hammer out the process.  Once the new designs are ready for sale, we may discontinue the old versions as they are a bit of a pain in the rear to produce!  I hope that I have answered all of your questions.  I look forward to hearing back from you!  Joseph Kogin Chessex Manufacturing LLCAll pics but the "Vectored dice" are below. The vectored dice pic is in the next post</blockquote>

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